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Ch. 14-15 Industrialization, Big Business, & Turn of 20th Century
Ch. 14-15 Industrialization, Big Business, & Turn of 20th Century
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1
Describe the change that characterizes the 2nd Industrial Revolution.
using animal power
new farming technology
replacing steam and water power with electric power
making goods in private homes instead of factories
2
Which famous business leader used vertical and horizontal integration?
Pullman
Powderly
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
3
The Supreme Court decided this phrase did not violate the 14th Amendment regarding segregation
Separate but Equal
Everybody has Rights
Everything separate
Separate but Nicer
4
The Sherman Antitrust Act was meant to...
promote competition and free trade
make trusts pay higher taxes
control the railroads
improve working conditions
5
Carnegie's Bessemer Process revolutionized what industry?
railroad
steel
oil
textile
6
The practice of taking over other companies that produce the same product
Horizontal Integration
Xenophobia
Laissez-faire
Monopoly
7
Political Cartoonist who attacked corruption
Racial Ettiquette
Boss Tweed
Thomas Nast
8
Residents in cities formed these to help immigrants..
Humane Societies
Benevolent Societies
Jails
9
Which is an example of Jim Crow law?
separate railroad cars for whites and African Americans
debt peonage
exclusion of Native Americans from politics
racial etiquette
10
Rockefeller bought barrel factories, oil fields, pipelines, and railroad cars as an example of
laissez-faire
horizontal integration
vertical integration
monopoly
11
Where did the "new" immigrants after 1880 come from?
South America
China
Northern & Western Europe
Southern & Eastern Europe
12
Life for immigrants in steerage on the way to the U.S. included all EXCEPT....
All of them
inadequate ventilation
crowded
foul air
13
American steel mills were able to produce steel faster and more cheaply because of the
Bessemer process
Transcontinental Railroad
Rockefeller Process
14
In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court upheld the practice of.....
Segregation
Debt Peonage
Leanency
15
Successful trusts became...
friends with competition
monopolies
market position
conventions
16
All of the following groups made up most of the American factory workforce EXCEPT...
Children & Rural Americans
African Americans
Immigrants
All were workers
17
The most corrupt political machine
Tammany Hall
Tweed Hall
Nast Hall
Rockefeller Hall
18
All of the following were ways that southerners kept African Americans from voting EXCEPT..
Property Ownership
Poll Tax
Necessity
Literacy Tests
19
Elisha Otis's invention of the safety elevator allowed for which to become practical?
mass transportation
settlement houses
skyscrapers
lower death rates
20
Fear of foreigners (immigrants)
Laissez-faire
Xenophobia
Horizontal Integration
Monopoly
21
In terms of currency, the Populist Party called for unlimited coinage of ......
silver
wages
taxes
move to paper money
22
Which organization did farmers create to help themselves?
benevolent societies
NGA
Hull House
National Grange
23
Whose presidency was marred by the Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring scandals?
Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Cleveland
Hayes
24
Immigrants from this country sharply declined after Congress banned them in 1882 to 1902.
France
Russia
South Africa
China
25
All of the following were services provided to the poor by political machines EXCEPT..
All are services
food
clean water
jobs
26
A system in which companies operate without gov't regulation
Laissez-faire capitalism
Monopoly
Xenophobia
Horizontal Integration
27
Rundown, crowded apartment buildings
Tenements
Shanties
Racial Etiquette
Tammany Hall
28
What did most immigrants travel to America in?
First Class
Coach
Steerage
29
Strict rules of behavior that governed the interactions of white and black Americans
Tammany Hall
Tenements
Racial Etiquette
30
Political machines exchanged favors for..
money
advertising
votes
education
31
Which statement best describes nativism?
Every immigrant can offer a helping hand in America.
I love America as much as the country I left behind
Immigrants take jobs away from Americans & should be gone
It's an expression of faith to help the unfortunate
32
Who did Thomas Nast get arrested?
"Boss" Tweed
Rockefellar
Garfield
Carnegie
33
To identify workers who made trouble or joined unions, employers put them on a ...
Remediation Plan
Blacklist
Blackmail
34
All of the following were issues that led to the formation of labor unions EXCEPT..
unsafe working conditions
longs hours
All are issues
low pay
35
Which statement believes in Social Darwinism?
Even the poor should give to charity
Weak businesses should never get assistance from the gov't
Gov't should always give assistance
Distribute economic rewards evenly
36
Ellis Island immigrants faced many hurdles such as
unsanitary conditions
medical examinations
military background checks
vaccinations
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Complete control over an industry..
Laissez-faire
Monopoly
Xenophobia
Horizontal Integration
